Fairy tales

Bondejente og bjørn

En gang i tiden var det en bonde. Han var gammel og hans kone hadde dødd for mange år siden. Men han var ikke alene. Bonden hadde ei vakker datter. Hun hadde lange gylne hår og blå øyne. Hun elsket å synge vakkert og arbeid var aldri for vanskelig til henne.

Hun pleide å gå til den steinete elva i nærheten sitt hjem for å vaske klær hvit. En dag sang hun og vasket tøy som vanlig, men plutselig en stor, brun bjørn dukket opp ved elva. Bondejenta var redd og skrek etter hjelp. Den gamle bonden kom og skremte bjørnen unna.

Etter litt tid plukket bondejenta blåbær og multer i nærheten av skog. Hun hørte triste ropene fra et dyr. Hun så rundt og fant en stor felle. I fellen var det bjørnen hun så ved siden av elva. Bjørnen ble skadet og var døende. Bondejenta følte seg veldig trist. Kanskje bjørnen ønsket bare å fange noen fisk i elva den morgenen.

Hun prøvde å mate bær til bjørnen i håp at det ville bli bedre. Men ingenting hjalp. Hun satt ved siden av fellen og sang. Store tårer falt nedover kinnene hennes. Men noe magisk skjedde. Bjørnen var borte, men vakker kongens sønn dukket opp. Han fortalte at den onde heksen hadde forhekset ham til bjørn og at takket til bondejenta han ble reddet. Den morgenen ved elva hørte han vakker sang og ønsket å se nærmere.

Kongens sønn ga hånden til bondejenta og så de levde lykkelig sammen for alltid.

Snipp, snapp, snute så var eventyret ute.

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Once upon a time there was a peasant. He was old and his wife had died many years ago, but he was not alone. Peasant had a beautiful daughter. She had long golden hair and blue eyes. Everywhere she went, she sang beautifully and work was never too hard for her.

She used to go to rocky river close to their home to wash clothes white. One day she was singing and washing clothes as usual, but all of a sudden huge, brown bear appeared by the river. Peasant girl was scared and screamed for help. The Old peasant came and scared the bear away.

After some time peasant girl picked blueberries and cloudberries in the nearby forest. She heard sad cries of an animal. She looked around and found a huge trap. In the trap was the bear she saw by the river. Bear was hurt and was dying. Peasant girl felt very sad. Maybe bear just wanted to catch some fish in the river that morning.

She tried to feed berries to the bear in hopes it would get better, but nothing helped. She sat by the trap and sang. Huge tiers fell down her cheeks. That is when something magical happened. Bear was gone, but beautiful king’s son appeared. He then told her that evil witch had turned him into bear and that thanks to her he was saved. That morning by the river he heard beautiful singing and wanted to look closer.

King’s son gave his hand to the peasant girl and so they lived happily together forever.

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